Re- reading books

[Chad32]

It is a good series. I probably should start rereading it. At least the last book, since the current book is going through the same timeframe with different characters. I think he's a good author. It's a dark, but interesting story. Anybody can die, and that makes it interesting. There is no "This is the protagonist, and no matter what happens, you know he'll get through". Yeah, that went down the crapper after Ned got executed.

[The Reality Salesman01]

Does porn count?

[pineapplebunnybounce]

I reread a lot ... hm.

The Hobbit.
It.
Pride and Prejudice.
The rest fall into the guilty pleasure category (and I don't even mean porn, just books you're embarrassed to be reading for other reasons).

[Chad32]

I read LOTR, but not Hobbit. I have been watching the recent movies, though. Not that they're exactly the same as the books, but whatever.

[The Reality Salesman01]

Harry Motha Fuckin Potter! All of em! There, I said it.

[Chad32]

I find it kind of funny that LOTR is said to have codified the high fantasy genre, despite that high fantasy usualy has Harry Potter levels of magic. Magic can be powerful in LOTR, but few individuals can actually use it. You have to be a Maiar, or have a ring of power, or something like that.

[Angrboda]

I don't re-read books largely because I don't read fiction, and haven't since my college days. I know I've read the first two cycles of Thomas Covenant twice, several of Anne McCaffrey's dragon books twice, and Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea saga twice. I recently discovered that there is a third Thomas Covenant cycle, which I have, but it's been so long since I read the first two cycles, that I'm thinking of starting over again.

I'm not much of a reader, and it's fairly common that I have 2-4 nonfiction books to read each month for various book clubs, so re-reading is just far removed from my practical day-to-day reading demands.

If I had the time, and a supportive club, I'd like to spend time reading the classics. I'm sure there's a few that I'd read more than once. In my younger days, I read mostly science fiction and fantasy. Some works in those genres bear re-reading, but more often than not, such books are entirely disposable.

[The Reality Salesman01]

What about porn?

[Chad32]

Why do you read porn?

[The Reality Salesman01]

Oh...good question. Some porn has subtitles and I find that reading the dialogue allows me to create my ideal rendition of the character being portrayed. I think it adds authentication to such cinematic adventures.

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I don't speak French, but they make some pretty sweet porn!